upptagen

See also: upptågen

Swedish

Etymology

upp +‎ tagen (past participle of ta)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

upptagen (comparative mer upptagen, superlative mest upptagen)

  1. busy, engaged in activity
  2. occupied, taken, not vacant
  3. (of a telephone) busy, engaged
    Jag försökte ringa, men det tutade upptaget
    I tried calling, but there was a busy signal

Declension

Inflection of upptagen
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular upptagen upptagnare upptagnast
neuter singular upptaget upptagnare upptagnast
plural upptagna upptagnare upptagnast
masculine plural2 upptagne upptagnare upptagnast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 upptagne upptagnare upptagnaste
all upptagna upptagnare upptagnaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Participle

upptagen

  1. past participle of uppta

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